A young Chicopee High School baseball team picked up its most important and grittiest victory of the season on Monday.

A triple play, patience at the plate and a big blast at the end helped the Pacers to a 3-2 victory over visiting Cathedral at Szot Park.

Shawn Boston drilled a 2-1 fastball over the center fielder's head to score Griffin Olejarz with the winning run in the bottom of the seventh inning.

"We start two freshmen and three sophomores," Chicopee coach Pat Garvey said. "We just had to learn how to win. They're doing an excellent job with that, as was proven today."

Senior Bryan Dupre had not pitched before this season, but he now has three victories. He was aided Monday by an errorless game from his defense - highlighted by a third-inning triple play, in which shortstop John Espinosa ran down runners at both second and third.

"I think it kind of gave some life to us, and (Cathedral) couldn't believe it," Garvey said.

Olejarz led off the seventh with a walk and was sacrificed to second by Matt Barron. Joe Adona drew a 10-pitch walk to set up Boston's heroics off Cathedral pitcher Harrison Paige, who has a no-hitter and a one-hitter this season.

Barron, a sophomore, tied the game in the fifth with his first hit of the season.